Josefina Rodriguez Varela + Jasmine MacGregor + Sadia Fakih: HAND PIC’D

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Sadia Fakih, "(Merging Of) Sun And Venus," 2021

Presenting works by Jasmine MacGregor, Sadia Fakih and Josefina Rodríguez Varela, HAND PIC’D features three artists exploring themes of womanhood, femininity and eroticism through a multi-disciplinary approach. Through each of their respective practices, MacGregor, Fakih and Rodríguez Varela explore their cultural heritage through a female lens as a means to instill empowerment, strength and belonging.  Curated by Jenna Klein-waller.

Jasmine MacGregor is an Anishinaabekwe artist who was raised in Calgary Alberta. Her mother and grandmother instilled in her what it is to be a strong woman and she’s carried this forward into her historical and artistic investigations. Jasmine graduated from Alberta University of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020) and has built a practice that explores urban Indigeneity. She is interested in what it means to be an Indigenous woman and how tradition blends with contemporary living. Working with modern and easily accessible materials, Jasmine explores her relationship with Indigeneity and the space that’s been created through culture and time. Jasmine has been a part of the BMO 1st ART! exhibition of 2020, the OPIP artist residency, and most recently the Marion Nicoll Gallery Summer Camp artist residency.

Josefina Rodríguez Varela is a multidisciplinary artist living in Calgary, Alberta, Treaty 7 Territory since 2010. Her current practice and research explores themes of eroticism and sexuality, from a feminine and personal perspective. She combines her skills in drawing and sculpting, as well as her training in ceramics, to create narratives that challenge social standards and encourage conversation around pleasure and desire. She graduated with distinction from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2021, where she received a BFA in Ceramics. Josefina’s work has shown in Arts Commons (2021) and Marion Nicoll Gallery (2020).

Sadia Fakih’s work explores cultural hybridity, displacement, intersectionality, and the Surreal. Through her collage-drawings, she expresses her place (or displacement) as a south-asian feminine in the West. She explores the transitional spaces that erupt when imposing identities collide. Sadia received her BFA from Alberta University of the Arts in 2017 and her MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2019, and was selected for the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Artistic Achievement upon graduation. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (New York), the School of Visual Arts Flat Iron Gallery and Nuit Blanche (Toronto). She recently was an Artist-in-Residence (2D) at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She has an active studio practice in Calgary, Canada and is a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Arts.

Events:

Josefina Rodríguez Varela will be in the gallery: Saturday, 29 January from 1-4pm. Josefina's current practice and research explores themes of eroticism and sexuality, from a feminine and personal perspective. 

Sadia Fakih will be in the gallery: Sunday, 30 January from 1-4pm. Sadia’s work explores cultural hybridity, displacement, intersectionality, and the surreal. 

Jasmine MacGregor will be in the gallery: Saturday, 12 February from 1-4pm.  Working with modern and easily accessible materials, Jasmine explores her relationship with indigeneity and the space that’s been created through culture and time. 

No RSVP required, but we will be monitoring numbers.